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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Chamberlin, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Chamberlin and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Chamberlin:
    • 30.535190, -91.303443
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Chamberlin
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a parish-by-parish basis. We have selected West Baton Rouge Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Since Chamberlin is near Pointe Coupee Parish and also East Baton Rouge Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Open the eBird sighting report for East Baton Rouge Parish
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Chamberlin

Communities Also Named Chamberlin ...

We found four communities that are also named Chamberlin.

Within Louisiana, the name Chamberlin is unique.

Beyond Louisiana, we know of four communities that are located in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Georgia
      • Clarke County
      • This Chamberlin is located in Clarke County and lies 519 miles [835.2 km]<1> to the east northeast of the Chamberlin that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Clarke County community of Chamberlin.
    • Michigan
      • Otsego County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Chamberlin [Otsego County].
    • Texas
      • Dallam County
      • This Chamberlin is located in Dallam County and lies 746 miles [1,200.6 km]<1> to the northwest of the Chamberlin that is located in West Baton Rouge Parish.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Dallam County community of Chamberlin.
    • Wisconsin
      • Waukesha County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Chamberlin [Waukesha County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Chamberlin ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Anchorage
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Anchorage is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anchorage
  • Catherine
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Catherine is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catherine
  • Erwinville
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Hermitage
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Hermitage is located in Pointe Coupee Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hermitage
  • Irene
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Irene is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Irene
  • Lincoln Heights
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • Lincoln Heights is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lincoln Heights
  • Maryland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Maryland is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryland
  • Mount Pleasant
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Mount Pleasant is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
  • Petite Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Petite Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Petite Place
  • Rose Hill ‑ Historic
    (Less than 2 miles to the north)
    • Rose Hill is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose Hill
  • Scotlandville
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Scotlandville is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scotlandville
  • Sunrise
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Sunrise is located in West Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise
  • University Place
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
    • University Place is located in East Baton Rouge Parish
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for University Place

How Far From Chamberlin to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Chamberlin to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Chamberlin and extending to:

  • Port Allen, which is the Seat of West Baton Rouge Parish, lies just to the Southeast.
  • Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<1> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Chamberlin to Baton Rouge, with an average speed<4> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 992 miles [1,596.5 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
  • The shortest distance<5> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,883 miles [11,077.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,594 miles [12,221.4 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,470 miles [8,803.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Chamberlin) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Rock Creek to see Pete ... Rock Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Chamberlin could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong parish. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<5>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Chamberlin to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Chamberlin. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 30.5352, Longitude: -91.3034       In this case, the coordinates for Chamberlin have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS).
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.14 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 311.744 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.617 degrees.